BARQUE IN JEOPARDY.
IX & STOIWI OFF TlfE SOLANDERS. 1 (By Tolezrcjh,—P'ross AsßOelfttlor ) DUrierilrij February I*3. Tho iron bnrquo Sobo, of ft|3 ions, had' an exceedingly rpngh passage from Part Ihtnr,, Tasmania,_ to Dmiodni. Slio made part 'fast night '.showing signs .of the severe buffeting. . J . Near tho Solanders mountainous seas wore experienced, and the crew had a severe. light to keep- tho ship ailoat. She was loaded with hardwood, and .who-n ' fifty miles west of SolanJors a gale drove, t.ho soils over her.' .Tho cargo tegitji to shift, and' the vessel listed to stai'lroard. Tho position became critical, and it was ffliind necessary to (jut away tho Sails s.ttd geflt, and Also to jettison tiro dock 'Cargo of logs.. All the. lockers in (ho forecastle wer(* wrished. out, itncl a. lifeboat which became e'ptangl'etl with i tho .go.ar h-iul to bo sot adrift ovcrljonrd. Several of tiro crew. wore fcWispt <!ver* board;, but fortiinatelv managed to cling to tho cargo and, gear and fight their war hack on 'dock... After tho gate abated the vososl madn a ;;ooil passage to The Nn'ggets. Cap- ] taiii. Mutcliisoji Was lit command.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1984, 14 February 1914, Page 4
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188BARQUE IN JEOPARDY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1984, 14 February 1914, Page 4
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